Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

well and l looked ut the clock and sat down IN
the bar-room and remained there till 10;l5
and then went to nv room, which ls on tne
second 1oor. 1 then partly undressed and
opened the window. The head of the bed was
| about 2 or 3 feet from the window. l could
zee that part Of Fourth street which is inter
sected by Water street, and could see across
to Dineen's corner. I heard the shot fired
| that evening about ten or fifteen minutes after
I went to bed. j was looking out Oh the street
/ saw four persons out on the street. mere
we're two pc sons close together: They were
about the middle of the street on the crossing.
| They were four feet apart. / saw the man
who fred the shot. He was north and q little
behind the other, about four feet away. The
man who shot had on a light straw hat, rubber
across Fourth street and north on Water str ct.
1 didn't see him beyond the blacksmith shop.
The man who was shot staggered and fell.
The witness was showna remnant of an Cd
straw hat, which William Doersam testified
that Ieayit tt left in his room on the night of
tue murder, and which had been introduced
the day before.
nWitness, continuing: The hat | saw on the
man that fred the shot looked brighter than
that, with o broader band. know John Ar
cnsdorf we'll The man who fired the shot
was not John Arensdorf. ] am positive as to
that. 1 have seen Leevitt. From Leavitts
form, motions, etc, 1 think he was the man
who fired the shot. There was an electric
light about half a block away, and it was shin
ing brightly. There were no buildings be-
nearly between me aud the light. There was
a gas light right OH the corner of the Column
bia House. The two mon were about twcnty-
five feet from the gas light at the time of the
shooting. l was not before the c%oroner's
Jury. I was called BY the State before the
naed by Marshal Stanley and taken to
Justice Foley's Office. States At orney
Marsh was there. They wanted me
to make a statement, but re-
fused to do so. l was fined $40 and commit
ted to Jail for contempt of court l was
brought to the jail and kept till about 4 o'clock
when l was taken to Murphy's Office. Foley
was sent for. Then I madea statement which
was taken down in writing. l only answered
such tons as were put to me. l was
sworn first that afternoon before l made any
answers. Isigned that statement. | was not
called before the Grand Jury. This state
ment was made, l think, while the Grand Jury
was in session. / don't know what became of
this statement.
Tho witness was shown q plat Of the scene
of the murder and of the Columbia house
End he marked with q pencil the position of
the room which he occupied.
Albert Nash, John c. Dineen, 7. S. Martin,
Capt NJ. w. Murphy, W. J. Radclitf, Jacob
l'eldenheimer and VIM; Hi'es all testify as to
the good character OF Arnesdorf and as to the
bad character of Ieavitt.
Fl. A. Lyons t~estlties that he is we'll &C
quainted with Arnesdorf. Heard of the shoot
ing of Haddock about 10 O'Clock /. m. August3d
last. Went to the scene Of the tragedy.
There were twelve or fifteen mon there when
I got there. 1t stayed there a few minutes. 1
took a lantern and looked in the dead mans
face. Istepped back in the crowd and then L
went to the middle of the street and picked up
the cane, and Policeman Lager told me not to
do anything with that. then stepped back
towards the body and to Dineen's corner. 1
then saw John Arensdorf coming from Din
GEMS corner west. 1 saw HIM when he was
about ten feet away. He spoke to me first.
He started on west towards the brewery.
1t lacking but a short time Of the appointed
hour for adjournment, the defense introduced
dispositions of persons living in ~Leavenworth,
Kan, tending to impeach the character of
Leavitt, after which court adjourned for tho